: Afghanistan: India was surprised by timeline of Taliban takeover, says Bipin Rawat #IndiaNEWS Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan

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Afghanistan: India was surprised by timeline of Taliban takeover, says Bipin Rawat #IndiaNEWS
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan was anticipated, but the timeline of the group’s fast-paced spread in the country had surprised India.“Everything that has happened was something that had been anticipated...only the timelines have changed....� Rawat said during an event organised by the Observer Research Foundation. “From the Indian perspective, we were anticipating the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. We were concerned about how the terrorist activity from Afghanistan could overflow into India.�Rawat added that there had been a “contingency plan� in place to prevent any terrorist activity making its way into India as the authorities had anticipated the takeover of the Taliban. He added that there was a global war on terrorism. “As far as Afghanistan is concerned, we will make sure that any activity likely to flow out of Afghanistan and then find its way into India will be dealt with in the manner in which we have been dealing with terrorism in our country,� said Rawat.The chief of defence staff also urged the Quad nations, comprising India, the United States, Japan, and Australia, to help with any support in “at least identifying the terrorists and getting some intelligence input�.

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